Wire-screen rack.



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WIRE SCREEN RACK.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.3,1912.

1,173.339, Patented Feb. 29, 1916,

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WIRE SCREEN RACK.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.3, 1912.

1,178,339. Patented Feb. 29,1916.

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OKEY J. CONNER AND CLEMENT L. CONNER, OF COVINGTON, OKLAHOMA.

WIRE-SCREEN RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 29, 1916.

Application filed August 3, 1912. Serial No. 713,172.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, OKEY J. CONNER and CLEMENT L. (BONNER, citizens of the United States, and residents of Covington, in the county of Garfield and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VVire-Screen Racks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in racks employed in holding rolled or bolted wire netting and other'wire fabrics, used for screens; and the primary object of our invention is to provide a stand arranged to hold rolled wire netting in sucha manner that the netting can be conveniently unrolled, a spring pressed keeper being employed to hold the roll'in shape.

Another object is to provide a device of this general character which can be compactly folded while being shipped and which is of a simple and inexpensive nature and of a durable construction, and capable of being easily set up to receive a plurality of wire rolls in the manner permitting the rolls' being easily unwound.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the combination; and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and finally pointed out in the appended claim, it being further understood that changes in the specific structure shown and described may be made within the scope of the claim without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this, specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views: Figure 1, shows a side elevational view of a stand constructed according to our invention showing one roll in position. Fig. 2, is an end view of our stand. Fig. 3, shows an enlarged detached detail of one of the keeper members. Fig. 4, shows a detached detail of one of the shafts disclosing the end of a wire fabric as being secured thereto. Fig. 5, shows an enlarged detached detail of one of the bearing bars. Fig. 6, shows a modification.

Wire netting, owing to the springiness of the wire, is hard to keep in a rolled condition. Dealers in selling portions of a wire netting roll, such as is used for door and window screens, for instance, findit difiicult to handle the rolls in cutting off parts of the same, because of the tendency of the roll to uncoil. In our present invention, we

provide a light, durable stand arranged to receive in superposed condition a plurality of rolls of wire netting, each roll being firmly held in rolled condition by means of a spring pressed rod, which is in normal contact with the roll.

In the accompanying drawings the numera-ls 9 and 10 represent two similar standards which are hingedly connected by means of-a hinge 11, so that the stand may be spread A-shaped as is shown in Fig. 2..

These, standard are preferably made of wood though the same may be made of metal tubing, or other suitable material. shipped the members 9 and 10 are folded upon one another. As shown in Fig. 1, the standards 9 and 10, are used in sets of twos, and are secured in parallel spaced relation. These A-shaped members are connected by means of a series of cross bars 12, which have their ends mortised into the standards 9 and 10, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1. At their ends each A-shaped standard has secured to it a plurality of forwardly extending superposed bearing bars 13. of gradual decreasing length from bottom to top as shown in Fig. 2. In Fig. 5, we show a detail of one of these bearing bars. It will be noticed that the supporting bars are located' at a point below the cross bars and at one end each bar has a bearing aperture 14, and at the other end is provided with an obliquely entering bearingslot 15. These bearing bars, as shown in Fig. 2, are so arranged that at one end all of the bearing slots are in superposed condition. As disclosed a set of bearing bars is located below each cross bar 12. Arranged to be revolubly held in parallel spaced relation within the bearings of these bars 13, are a plurality of shafts 162- These shafts are made of wood, and at one end each has a trunnion 17 arranged for co-action with the bearing apertures 14, while near the opposite end is a bearing 18, adjacent to which is positioned a head 19, from which extends a rectangular key 20. Each key is arranged to receive a suitable crank 22, as shown for instance. in Fig. 1.

The wire fabric F, arranged to be held to the shaft 16, is secured by means of suitable In being I tacks m, which are driven into the wooden shaft 16. The fabric is then Wound upon the shaft which has previously been placed within the bearings of a set of bearing bars 13. In this condition one of the presser rods 23, as shown in Fig. 3, will press directly upon the shaft so that as the fabric is wound up, the spring pressed member 23 will bear upon the fabric, to insure the forming of a tight and compact roll.

mach rod 23, is of a length less than the cross bar 12, to which it is secured and has the converging arms 23, 23', each arm ending in a coil 3, which have their axes extending parallel with the rod 23, as will be understoodin referring to Fig. 3. Each coil spring 3 terminates in a securing eye 4;, arranged to receive a suitable screw a, by means of which the eyes 4, are secured to; the cross bar 12.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the spring pressed rod 23, prevents rotation of the shaft as well as holds the fabric in a rolled condition.

As disclosed in Figs. 1 and 2, the members 23 press upon the shaft or the rolled wire fabric from above.

In Fig. 5, we have shown a modification in which the arms 25 press outward and upward instead of downward, so that the presser rods forming part of the arms 25, press against the rear of the shafts and rolled fabric.

In placing one of the shafts in the frame, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the presser rod must be raised whereas, in the modification shown in Fig. 5, the shafts 16, are brought upon and against the keepers which are forced down, so that the shaft can be brought into its bearings.

It is of course understood, that the A- shaped members can ,be held in an inclined condition toward one another, so that the upper shafts will be very much shorter than the lower shafts. In Figs. 1 and 2, the A- shaped members are held in parallel relation.

A standconstructed according to our invention is simple and inexpensive and both durable and eflicient in operation, while the wire may be coiled upon or unrolled from the shafts, with ease, accuracy and despatch, in such a manner that the roll will always be held in compact form.

Having thus described our said invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

In combination, two similar standards, a cross bar securing said standards in parallel spaced relation, a forwardly extending supporting bar secured to each standard at a point below said cross bar, a shaft revolubly held by said supporting bars, a presser rod having converging arms each ending in a spiral spring having their axes parallel to said presser rod, each spring terminating in a securing eye, and a screw within each eye to hold said springs to said cross bar said presser rod adapted to lie upon said shaft, all arranged as and in the manner set forth.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures, in presence of two witnesses.

OKEY J. CONNER. CLEMENT L. CONNER. Witnesses:

S. D. JENKINS. CLAUD KELTNER. 

